Hi all.
Well, I find myself back here with no real improvement in the sleeping situation to speak of. I am physically and emotionally exhausted. If anything, the sleeping (or lack of it) situation has become worse.
Seven STILL wakes 1-2hrly overnight, occasionally wanting the boobies, sometimes not. She is so difficult to settle, and she SCREAMS the house down.
To make things more complicated, I now work at night, from home a few days per week, but due to her constant night waking, DH is having to deal with it, and unfortunately he doesn't actually 'deal' very well.
I am starting to think that Seven might actually have a sleep disorder! Has anyone heard of this in a baby as young as 12 months? I can't see any other explanataion, because we have tried EVERYTHING, and I mean everything!
The whole thing is really putting a strain on our family life and I am starting to resent a little more each day, how much this little person is taking out of me.
I know no one has a magical cure, but I just don't know what to do anymore.
What happens if you feed her hourly for the 3-4 hours before bed? It might buy you a longer stretch before the waking starts.
In a similar vein, the "no cry sleep solution" book has a list of foods that are high in tryptophan and hence promote sleepiness. Avocado, yoghurt and turkey are ones I remember - but it was a longish list.
Big hugs from me too!
Was just thinking - 90 minutes is a typical sleep cycle (ie. most people wake up every 90 minutes and then go back to sleep without effort). If Seven is waking up 90-minutely that suggests that she can't go to sleep without your help. There's a couple of threads of people with this problem - i'll try and find them.
have you had her allergy tested at all????
reason i ask is a friend had huge issues with her baby (albeit a younger baby) and it turned out she had allergies to mums breastmilk and then some foods, she had to keep her off anything with salilytes (sp) in them (and i believe other foods), she noticed a huge improvement with bubs sleeping etc..
Big hugs, Kell. You've got a lot on your plate at the moment. Jo, from our baby buddies group, went with her baby Xavier to a sleep school/centre in Brisbane and got some really good results. Maybe you could talk to her? Would there be a sleep school near where you are?
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